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Organise

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YOU KNOW

WHAT

TO-DO

Well, you will once you’ve read this... if

you need help getting things done and

scraps of paper are no longer cutting

it, try these mobile task managers

OTickTick

With a name that sounds like
an invitation to anxiety, TickTick
gets off on the wrong foot.
Fortunately, it’s packed with
features that help you blaze
through tasks. You get all the
usual creation and checklist
tools, but there’s also a
pomodoro timer that trains
you to use time more efficiently
and a habit planner to improve
life patterns – be that setting
up tasks or remembering to eat.
£free (IAP) / Android, iOS

OTodoist

The most popular entry on this
page, Todoist ticks all the boxes
you might include on your ‘get
a solid task manager’ list – and
more, such as natural language
input. It’s simple enough for
newbs to grasp but flexible
for those who want extra. And
it’ll work offline when you’re
in a tunnel. Just be mindful that
some key features (reminders,
filters, labels) are gated behind
premium payments.
£free (IAP) / Android, iOS

OThings

This app wants you to spend as

much time cooing at its design

as getting things done. But it

isn’t just gloss – Things helps

you get to important tasks

quickly, browse what’s coming

up and construct entries in a way

that makes sense. The magic ‘+’

can be dragged to insert items

where you want them, the

visual structure marries looks

with legibility, and pop-over

search further boosts efficiency.

£9.99 / iPhone O £19.99 / iPad

OAgenda

Another app that mashes

reminders and task-juggling

into something else, Agenda

bases all its planning around

notes. For wordier types who

like having reminders and tasks

in context, this is a boon. You can

add imagery, link items to your

calendar, and browse the full

timeline to recall why you made

specific decisions that resulted

in a task going spectacularly

well – or horribly wrong.

£free (IAP) / iOS

OTwobird

Feel like you’ve enough inboxes?

Twobird invites you to smash

two of them together: email

and reminders. The aim is to

help you focus on imminent

and important tasks, since

they’re now all in one place.

The system’s collaborative

elements make it feel a bit

like Slack... only without your

message history vanishing

when everyone doesn’t pay.

(Twobird is entirely free.)

£free / Android, iOS

OMicrosoft To Do

If you’re an old hand and are

wondering why we omitted

Wunderlist, we didn’t. Microsoft

crossed it off its own list years

back, gobbling up the creators

and regurgitating parts of their

app into its own. Compared

to rivals, To Do is basic – but

that can be good if you want

to keep things simple. And you

won’t need to add ‘Take out

subscription’ as your first task,

because it’s completely free.

£free / Android, iOS

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